PlaneShift
Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Meren on May 29, 2007, 02:15:52 am
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I am wanting to install Vista but have not yet due to many terrifying stories I have heard. I have also lost a valuable guild member to Vista. If Anyone has ANY input on this subject I would love to hear it. Thanks.
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Been running PS on a newly setup Vista-PC (Vista Ultimate X64, 4 GB RAM, GF 8800 GTS) for a few days now without any major issues (except for the occasional missing texture or texture-wiping, which I got on my old system, too).
From what I gather, most problems when using 3D-applications are either hardware- or driver-related.
From my experience, Vista needs at least 2 GB RAM to get it to run stable and fluently when using RAM-intensive software. Even more so when you are using an on-board graphics controller using shared memory.
You should check the following points if you get an error:
1) Check you drivers (graphics and sound) for available updates. Many problems arise from using either old or wrong drivers (i.e. x64 drivers for an x86 system or vice versa) so be sure to get the right drivers for the OS-version you're running.
2) Make sure you have sufficient RAM and the timings and voltage are set correctly in the BIOS. My system would crash frequently at first, until I noticed that the RAM was addressed using (wrong) default parameters.
3) Check your graphics card and make sure it is supported by PS. I've also heard reports of strange behavior in 3d-games when using an on-board graphics card. See if you can borrow an old (supported) card from a friend, install it (don't forget to disable the on-board controller though) and check if problems persist.
4) Check your graphics settings both in PS-setup and in the control panel of your graphics card. Make sure those are set to the correct resolution, try running PS at default settings. Also, both ATI an NVIDIA allow you to change the 3D-settings on a per-game basis. Try fiddling with those.
5) Have you run the updater? If you did and it gave you an error, you might try uninstalling PS and reinstalling from the latest package, then run PS without running the updater first.
6) Make a note of the type of error you experience and check if it is reproducable. Write down any error messages you get and post your findings here - chances are, someone here can help you.
Good luck!
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:o yup i got vista now. And Yeah i just got the new version 19 and it wont work! it lets me log in but then when i do the screen goes green and all you can see is a vague outline of the character. Please help me if you can.
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Do you have the most recent drivers for your graphics card? (Please read the entire thread and post if you have followed previous advice, so we don't repeat it!)
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1023MB ram
intel(R) Pentium(R) 4CPU 2.60GHz 2.61 GHz
32 bit running system
about 80gb free space
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Got direct x 9.0 or higher....
:o cant make any sense of all this.. do i have the right software and computer to play this? please reply
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Yes, your system meets the minimum requirement. However, you probably need to update the drivers for your Nvidia card. Go to nvidia.com (http://www.nvidia.com) and download the most recent driver version for your card type and operating system.
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ok thanks for your help i'l try that now
*edit*
mmmm... im a right idiot i have GeForce 6200 so which one should i download the Geforce 6 series ... 7 ...8
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The first digit determines the card series. 6200 would be the Geforce 6 series.
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ok lol i really needed the help im not so good with computers but love games! yeah it lets me log in but when the game actually loads the music works but the game lags the backgrounds all kind of colours and so is the floor
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Did you install the new drivers you downloaded from the Nvidia website? You might have to reboot your machine after installation.
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are the backgrounds checkered? thats what you get when you are missing some graphics
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Sort of checkered. If there is a different way then please tell me. btw missing graphics? how do i fix this
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You have to answer my question. Did you install the new drivers and reboot your computer?
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Yeah and it works!!! :o
don't know how you guys worked your magic but THANK YOU! \\o// \\o// \\o//
[ Excessive smileys removed. --Kary ]
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I currently run Vista ultimate and there is no problems that i could find yet
just remeber when installing on Windows Vista to install into your user directory not the main root
IE c:/program files
With vista your install directory should be something like C:\users\( name )\program files\planeshift
just an example
Now if you did install into core you can still run it
but you will have to run it as an adimin
For those who get the error when trying to install it make sure you are installing into your user directory
Got to love M$ and their security
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When I ran Planeshift Setup for the first time on my vista installation (Ultimate ed., PS client 019), i got the system-message "this program may not be installed properly". My PlaneShift Setup settings do not apply, unless when i launch PS Client from the "launch" button in PS Setup. When i start planeshift through the startmenu, the settings from PS Setup are ignored.
Is this a known issue or "is it just me"?
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This message usually appears when an installer either produces an error, quits unexpectedly or is interrupted by the user.
Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling PS? Does the same error appear? If so, you might want to check if the download is not corrupted. Download the checksum tool on the download page (http://"http://www.planeshift.it/download.html") and see if the checksum matches. If it doesn't, you should download PS again.
I have the same version (Vista ultimate x64) and did not encounter the problems you describe. So it ought to be "just you" ;D
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It also sounds like protected mode is on
If it is on
nothing will be writen to your system regestry unless you right click the install and use it in admin mode
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When I run the updater it come up as the normal box, with a completely black inside. The mouse, when I move ot over teh black area becomes the planeshift cursor, but other then that I found no ways to interact with the updater. It is on my firewall exceptions list and I have no problems connecting, except that when I do it asks me to run my updater. I am using Vista, and planeshift is installed outside of my user, but I'm the aministrator (and only user) so it shoudn't matter.
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Did you check that your graphics drivers are the most recent?
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I have not been using vista for very long and am having a hard time finding them. In the device manager screen under the ''sound video and game controllers'' tab it only has a sound device listed. "Under the display adapters", the next spot I looked, had a device listed as ''Mobile Intel(R) 945GM/GU Express Chipset Family''. I wasn't sure if this was a video card or not (not being much of a gamer) and didn't manage to figure out if it was :( but hit the update button anyways and it told me it was up-to-date. I found nothing else that looks remotely like a video card. I have tried re-installing the game a few times.
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Intel chipset, eh :) Try going to Intel's driver download page (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2301) to see if they have a new version for you.
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I clearly stated in my post that the drivers for that device were update . . . . .but I followed the link and re-installed the latest driver for it anyways, like you told me to. Needless to say this did not solve the problem. Perhaps it's not graphics related, since I had no issues with the main game (at least up to the connection screen) with the exception that it told me to run my updater. My thoughts on the matter were:
1) Could it be an issue of compatibility with Vista? - thus I read the entire thread, and people did not seem to have Vista related issues, and posted my problem in this thread.
2) Could it be an issue of drivers? - i found the only thing that looked remotely like a video card and made sure it was up to date.
3) Could it be an issue of my firewall? - I made sure the updater and main game were on the exceptions list.
Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT: The poster in the end of this thread: http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=28988.0 seems to have had the same problems. Since you told him to post system specs I'm going to do the same.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 1.73 GHz
Memory (RAM): 2038 MB
System Type: 32-bit Operating System
I hope this is the info you were asking for.